Chestnut dunnart vs Water yam

Sminthopsis archeri compared with Dioscorea alata

Key Differences

• Chestnut dunnart is Data Deficient while Water yam is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut dunnart	Water yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Dasyuridae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Sminthopsis	Dioscorea
Species	Sminthopsis archeri	Dioscorea alata

Conservation Status

Chestnut dunnart

DD — Data Deficient

Water yam

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut dunnart	Water yam
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Water yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (16 countries), Asia (Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (13 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (6 countries).

Chestnut dunnart

The Chestnut dunnart (Sminthopsis archeri) is a species in the genus Sminthopsis. It is currently classified as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.